Dental floss tool

Abstract

A tool structure including a container housing a spool of dental floss is provided. A dental floss filament from the spool is directed through the housing and extends through a support rod, wherein a plurality of arcuate legs are provided extending from the support rod and arranged separated relative to one another at an acute angulation. The filament is directed through a first of the legs and extends from an outer distal end of the first leg to a second one of the legs to support dental floss therebetween. A free distal end of the dental floss is secured to a lock fastener mounted to the support rod adjacent the origin of the first and second legs.

What is claimed as being new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows: 
     
       1. A dental floss tool comprising: a container, the container having a top wall spaced from a bottom wall, spaced side walls, a front wall, and a rear wall, a lid, and a hinge pivotally connecting the lid to the top wall, with the lid extending beyond the top wall and over the bottom wall, with the container having a container cavity between the lid and the container bottom wall, the cavity having a cavity floor;   an axle mounted to the cavity floor;   a spool wound about the axle;   a support rod integrally mounted to the container rear wall;   a first arcuate leg and a second arcuate leg intersecting the support rod at a junction, with the first leg and the second leg concentrically oriented about the junction, with the junction integral to the support rod and spaced from the rear wall, and the first leg having a first leg outermost end, and the second leg having a second leg outermost end; and,   a filament wound about the spool, the filament extending from the spool about the first leg outermost end and the second leg outermost end to form a span thereacross;   wherein the container includes a container conduit between the top wall and the bottom wall in communication with the cavity, and a support rod conduit directed through the support rod in communication with the container conduit, and a first leg feed conduit directed through the first leg coextensively thereof in communication with the support rod conduit, with the filament directed from the spool through the container conduit, the support conduit, and the first leg feed conduit.   
     
     
       2. The tool as set forth in claim 1, wherein the first leg outermost end includes a first leg guide slot positioning the filament therewithin, and the second leg includes a second leg guide slot directed about the second leg outermost end and along an exterior surface of the second leg receiving the filament therealong; and further comprising a lock fastener directed into the support rod adjacent the junction to secure the filament to the support rod between the support rod and the lock fastener, said lock fastener comprising a first threaded fastener threadably engaged to said support rod, with an arcuate member interposed between said first threaded fastener and said support rod, whereby said filament is received between said arcuate member and a head of said first threaded fastener to secure said filament relative to said support rod. 
     
     
       3. The tool as set forth in claim 2, and further comprising a further lock fastener directed through the top wall intersecting the container conduit to engage and secure the filament within the container conduit to arrest movement of the filament through the container conduit, said further lock fastener comprising a second threaded fastener threadably engaged to said support rod and extending into said support rod conduit so as to capture said filament between said second threaded fastener and a portion of said support rod conduit. 
     
     
       4. A dental floss tool comprising: a container, the container having a top wall spaced from a bottom wall, spaced side walls, a front wall, and a rear wall, a lid, and a hinge pivotally connecting the lid to the top wall, with the lid extending beyond the top wall and over the bottom wall, with the container having a container cavity between the lid and the container bottom wall, the cavity having a cavity floor;   an axle mounted to the cavity floor;   a spool wound about the axle;   a support rod integrally mounted to the container rear wall;   a first arcuate leg and a second arcuate leg intersecting the support rod at a junction, with the first leg and the second leg concentrically oriented about the junction, with the junction integral to the support rod and spaced from the rear wall, and the first leg having a first leg outermost end, and the second leg having a second leg outermost end;   a filament wound about the spool, the filament extending from the spool about the first leg outermost end and the second leg outermost end to form a span thereacross;   wherein the container includes a container conduit between the top wall and the bottom wall in communication with the cavity, and a support rod conduit directed through the support rod in communication with the container conduit, and a first leg feed conduit directed through the first leg coextensively thereof in communication with the support rod conduit, with the filament directed from the spool through the container conduit, the support conduit, and the first leg feed conduit;   wherein the first leg outermost end includes a first leg guide slot positioning the filament therewithin, and the second leg includes a second leg guide slot directed about the second leg outermost end and along an exterior surface of the second leg receiving the filament therealong;   and further comprising a lock fastener directed into the support rod adjacent the junction to secure the filament to the support rod between the support rod and the lock fastener, said lock fastener comprising a first threaded fastener threadably engaged to said support rod, with an arcuate member interposed between said first threaded fastener and said support rod, whereby said filament is received between said arcuate member and a head of said first threaded fastener to secure said filament relative to said support rod; a further lock fastener directed through the top wall intersecting the container conduit to engage and secure the filament within the container conduit to arrest movement of the filament through the container conduit, said further lock fastener comprising a second threaded fastener threadably engaged to said support rod and extending into said support rod conduit so as to capture said filament between said second threaded fastener and a portion of said support rod conduit; and a cutter blade mounted to said second leg proximal to said second guide slot to permit selective cutting to said second guide slot to permit selective cutting of said filament.